Teaching Module on Ethics & Human Subjects

Before heading into the field—whether to observe, interview, or participate—you should consider carefully how your actions might impact the people you meet. This is as true for a researcher entering the field for an extensive, in-depth study as it is for a student working on a small class assignment. Click on the links below for resources to help prepare you to enter the field.

The Ethics of Fieldwork Module: a teaching module designed to guide students t hrough the ethical dilemmas involved in conducting ethnographic research from proposal, to fieldwork, to publication.